horrisonant
English
editEtymology
editOf Latin origin.
Adjective
edithorrisonant (comparative more horrisonant, superlative most horrisonant)
- Having an unpleasant sound.
- 1834, Robert Southey, The Doctor:
- And if it had been necessary to exact implicit and profound belief, by mysterious and horrisonant terms, he could have amazed the listener […]
- 1976, Ray Coryton Hutchinson, Rising:
- […] one or two responded to the culprit's screams with horrisonant laughter […]